My Red Cross Nurses

Happy Thursday everyone! Thank you very much for your lovely comments from my last post about the dreadful earthquake in Christchurch, I have been reading Christchurch Mum blogs and feel relieved that they are all supporting each other in this terrible time for this city.

I recently joined in a Tea Towel Swap I wrote about here, organised by Leonie at Kiwi at Heart. I was so thrilled to receive a parcel this week from my swap partner Tracy who has a lovely blog called From the Kiwi Girl . Tracy is a Kiwi Mum living in Australia, who loves charity shopping and life!

The Parcel was wrapped beautifully and had these little stamps of Australian Kookaburra's on them.
I was so delighted when I opened the parcel and saw that my love of vintage and tea towels was all wrapped into one! Not only is it vintage in design, but a charity shop find, as Tracy wrote in her little note that she brought it at her local Red cross charity shop.

How could you not join, with this angelic face looking at you!

                                               The Family that joins together, stays together!

But my favourite is this lovely lady, I have recently added her to my avatar as she reminds me of me! Ok I am not as beautiful as her, but I love vintage and she is a Nurse. (Clue on my profession here)

Lastly a really Big thank you to Loo at Jumbles and Pompoms for presenting me with the One lovely blog award. I am really delighted and thrilled with this blog award. I will be writing more about it at the end of the week. Thank you Loo!

Happy end of week to everyone.
Bxx

Crafting a Keepsake - A Handmade Gift

Recently my dear friend has had a new baby, and I wanted to make her a keepsake for her little girl. I remember when I had my two children, the gifts that have stayed, have been the ones which have been treasured and loved.
My initial thought was too sew something for her baby, but with a distinct lack of fabric in my sewing box this couldn't happen. So I thought about doing a fabric card with her babies name and birth date cut from fabric.

I brought the frame at my local shops, and wrapped it in some pretty pink tissue and bubble wrap.

I was delighted to hear from her recently to say she 'loves' it and I was equally pleased it arrived all in one piece.

I have also joined in a Tea Towel swap over at Leonie's blog kiwiatheart she is running the Tea-Towel swap 2011,  and I was lucky enough to join in just before it closed on the 12th May.  I love tea towels and I have been known to put my tea towels in frames see here and hang them on my wall!
I think I am going to have fun choosing my tea towel for this swap, with so many lovely ones around.

                                                                  

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!
Bxx